topic Re: curved and slanted wall in Modeling

curved and slanted wall

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:38:33 GMT

I need to make a slanted wall and curved at the same time?
is it possible??... please help

Re: curved and slanted wall

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:19:39 GMT

I have the same problem, you can try MaxonForm or Archiforma....It's hard to get the desired result though. At least, I've been having troubles...
Easy to make a Slanted and curved surface on Archiforma with accuracy because you draw it on section and plan but I've been having problems to give it thickness.
On MaxonForm it is easy to make an object which you place as a wall on your plan,slanted and curved but it's harder to draw it accurately...
All this occures if the section of the curved wall is uneven.
If this is not the case just use the profiler..or profile manager

Re: curved and slanted wall

PB — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:20:32 GMT

Good question: I've tried the most obvious methods, including 'magic-wanding' an arc, but with no success.

Can anyone please help?

Re: curved and slanted wall

jespizua — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:47:32 GMT

Why not profile manager?

Re: curved and slanted wall

Anonymous — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:25:00 GMT

gobel wrote:
I need to make a slanted wall and curved at the same time?
is it possible??... please help

It doesn't seem to be possible to do this as a true curve - but a series of straight walls could be used if this is acceptable.

Re: curved and slanted wall

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 07:34:20 GMT

True, curve=many straight lines, the more you put, the more curvy it looks, but this is not the way it should be done in AC. What if someone needs do draw a building of more than 100 floors which has curved and slanted walls? (I do actually). It's a nightmare. I still don't know how to do it. I have done it in maxonform, but all I get ,is a huge object for my whole building. I'd love to draw it in AC not just as a 2d. I hope to see an option for curved & slanted in AC 11

Re: curved and slanted wall

Anonymous — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 19:19:50 GMT

LukasB wrote:
True, curve=many straight lines, the more you put, the more curvy it looks, but this is not the way it should be done in AC.

You are absolutely right, it should be easier. I was merely offering a workaround.

It's not so long ago that we had slabs, walls and roofs with no curved edges. Then we could walk, now we can run, maybe tomorrow we will be able to fly.

Re: curved and slanted wall

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 09:51:51 GMT

thanks guys for tour efforts

Re: curved and slanted wall

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:45:03 GMT

LukasB wrote:
What if someone needs do draw a building of more than 100 floors which has curved and slanted walls? (I do actually). It's a nightmare. I still don't know how to do it.

At least the cut story feature can help with this scenario. Only one really tall segmented, slanted, "curved" wall....

Re: curved and slanted wall

PB — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:42:29 GMT

Just a thought: Can Cigraph's ArchiWall 2 provide an answer? Create a slanted curved wall from an initial vertical curved wall, then delete the original....... or some similar technique?

A question for Fabrizio on the Cigraph website/forum perhaps......

Good luck!

Re: curved and slanted wall

Anonymous — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:43:56 GMT

guys, the solution is not to make a segmented slanted curved wall; because later you will need to open windows on this segmented wall.
Then it's another problem....!!!!!

Re: curved and slanted wall

Fran_ois Chatelain — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:04:17 GMT

Hi Emad,
try doing it with the mesh tool, then SEO to cut openings in it and then add curtain wall elements to do the glazing.
Cheers
Francois